Article Archives: Words with Woods

It’s Not Easy Being Green

March 13, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

This column first appeared in March 2023. Two men were sitting in an Irish bar discussing the shenanigans they were going to get into on St. Patrick’s day. I was shooting pool at a table near where they were seated, and between the cracking sound of pool balls colliding, I … Read More

Topical

March 6, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

Topical, adj. 1. Of or pertaining to a particular location or place: local. 2. Currently of interest; contemporary. – The American Heritage Dictionary; Second College Edition. During the “Great Purge of 2025” (see “A Review Of A Life,” the Weekly View, February 20, 2025), I came across some poetry that … Read More

My Own Words

February 27, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

My friend laughed at something I said, and asked, “Who else would your self-portrait be of?” My discussion with Mary Hanna Wilson, an artist, and a Trivial Pursuit player, was about sketching. During the conversation, I committed the kind of verbal error that often irritates me. I told her that … Read More

A Review Of A Life

February 20, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

My first bride died in late July of 2024, and I spent some time with my first daughter in New Jersey, helping her to sift through the things her mother had collected in her life. When I returned to Indianapolis, I decided to make it easier for my children by … Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

My shallow dive into the origin of the celebration called “Valentine’s Day” produced no concrete and irrefutable origin for the February 14th event that many people in this country celebrate, though there were many theories. Still, we conscript Cupid into our service, asking him to “draw back (his) bow” and … Read More